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By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
New Website Provides Policy FAQ for School Districts, Informational Toolkit, and Examples of Policies Already Put Forth by Districts, Among Other Resources.
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
Robert Buerkle, 17, of West Babylon, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead.
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
Kevin Calloway, 51, and Dwayne Williams, 52, are both is charged with 14 counts of Burglary 3rd Degree.
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
The music mogul is still facing a sentence of up to 10 years in the prostitution charges.
By Long Island July 02, 2025
Suffolk County Police, in collaboration with the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, arrested 28-year-old Kristie Mace of Medford on July 1, 2025, for promoting prostitution. The yearlong investigation revealed that Mace allegedly ...
By Long Island July 02, 2025
The Nassau County Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad is investigating the disappearance of 15-year-old Nazlyn Siri-Paredes, who was last seen in Hempstead on Monday, June 30, 2025, at 12:00 PM. She was reported missing the ...
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
Addition of 12 Sites Brings Total Number of Free Sites Statewide to More Than 400.
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the event, which has become a tradition of the Mount Sinai community’s summer calendar.
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
“I have been advocating for this project for a great deal of time, and I am very glad that I was able to secure the funding for this important work,” Legislator Solages said.
By Chris Boyle July 02, 2025
Sponsored by the Nissequogue River State Park Foundation through a grant from Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta.
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
Personnel from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner will determine the identity of the remains and a cause of death.
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
Check out these free and exciting public fireworks shows this Independence Day weekend!
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
The Sheriff’s Office’s STOP DWI team will be increasing patrols and sobriety checkpoints from Huntington to the Hamptons starting July 4th weekend and continuing through the summer.
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
The Third New York Regiment reenactors will portray a unit encamped in what is now Suffolk County during the War of Independence in 1775.
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
Southerntier Denied Required Paid Sick Leave to Unionized Employees During Height of COVID-19 Pandemic.
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
Program Covers Tuition, Books and Fees for Adult New Yorkers Ages 25-55; Expands Access to Higher Education and Career Mobility to Millions of Adult Learners.
By Long Island July 01, 2025
A 12-year-old boy was injured in a vehicular accident on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 11:20 a.m. in Wantagh. According to police, the child was riding a scooter eastbound on Sunrise Highway and crossing Old ...
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
Department of Education Cancelled Over $1 Billion in Bipartisan Mental Health Funding for Students in Low-Income and Rural Communities, Citing “DEI.”
By Chris Boyle July 01, 2025
Roger Daniel Ramos Galo and Manfredo Garcia fell off a kayak in the Long Island Sound, officials say.
By Long Island July 01, 2025
Following community complaints, Suffolk County Police’s Second Precinct Investigative Unit—alongside the Human Trafficking Unit and Town of Huntington officials—raided LJ Garden Spa Inc. at 2090 Jericho Turnpike in East Northport. Two employees, Xia Ji, 48, ...